EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
HOME as part of International Dance Festival Birmingham
Director required
Home is a bold, inventive new participatory production that will animate public spaces across Birmingham city centre. Moving through the streets and squares of Birmingham city centre, Home will be an evolving promenade-style performance event, engaging thousands of people as audiences and participants and presenting a diversity of dance styles.
Based on the theme of ‘home’ and what it means to each of us, the work will be developed using ideas, inspirations and choreographic material contributed by a 1000 individuals.
The project is funded by Dancing for the Games, as part of the International Dance Festival Birmingham 2012 programme.
International Dance Festival Birmingham (IDFB) is a major biennial festival produced by DanceXchange (dx) in partnership with Birmingham Hippodrome. Animating the city and capturing the imagination, IDFB brings a remarkable line-up of outstanding dance to theatres, streets and public spaces across Birmingham and the West Midlands and creates a wealth of engaging participatory activity for people of all ages. Already one of the largest dance festivals in the world, IDFB is unique in its diversity and internationalism, programming exceptional dance from across the globe and fostering new collaborations with international choreographers and artists.
DanceXchange is looking for a Director to work alongside the artistic team for HOME and realise the vision for this inventive street performance.
How it works:
There will be a cast of 6 professional dancers (and up to 15 apprentices) who will be employed for a total of six week, three weeks creation and three weeks performance (and continuing creation/rehearsal). As well as the dancers creating the material, there will be six Choreographers appointed to create 6 individual set pieces of work. The role of the Director is to pull the material and vision in to a cohesive street performance, with assistance from the Rehearsal Director. The whole project will be overseen by Creative Director, David Massingham and managed by a Project Manager/Producer.
The aim is to have a huge cast taking part and performing in the project. An education team of 3 Dance Leaders and the Rehearsal Director will deliver workshops to a 1000 participants from targeted groups within the West Midlands, who will then take part in the on-going performance alongside up to 1000 individuals who have been inspired by the project and created their own material at home in-order to take part. Personal solos donated through uploaded films may enable participants to contribute without performing in the live event.
The Director:
The Director may be a choreographer but could equally be a theatre director who has movement experience or even a visual artist. It will be the role of the Director to watch (pre-recorded or live) material that has been generated (primarily dance, but also open to music, poetry, drama etc) and unite it together into an evolving promenade-style performance taking place over a three week period, ending in a mass finale.
The Director must be confident working site-specifically (or in outdoor spaces), and have experience of directing a large-scale performance and managing a multifaceted event.
Expression of interest:
To express an interest in this role, please send your CV with a completed Equal Opportunities form and a covering letter highlighting your relevant experience to hannah.sharpe@dancexchange.org.uk. For an Equal Opportunities form, please visit http://dancexchange.org.uk/about/jobs-at-dx Successful applicants will be invited to a meeting with the Producer and Creative Director in September 2011.
Deadline: Friday 23 September 2011
Dates: w/c 14 November 2011, Research week 2-20 April 2012 (3 weeks), Creation period
23 April -13 May (3 weeks), Performance period (and continuing creation/rehearsal) + Finale
Fee: £5,000 including planning and preparation + 6 weeks residence in Birmingham
Accommodation provided in Birmingham (a self catering apartment)
Further info: Hannah Sharpe, Producer, DanceXchange
T: 0121 689 1093
E: Hannah.sharpe@dancexchange.org.uk
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